that offereth Salvation to our Souls be a means to bring our Souls to Salvation Let the Word be transforming that we may be assimulated into Christ's likeness Cause our Affections to receive a Touch from the Word that they may be stirr'd up kindled and inflamed thereby That thy Message unto us may engage us to become a willing People in the day of thy Power Cause the Word to be quick and powerful quicker than a two-edged Sword so quick as to quicken us to every good duty and so powerful to subdue the Old Man of Sin Make it of such force as to make a Division between us and our best beloved Sins That the Sword of the Spirit may cut us off from the Wild Olive of Nature That we may not onely be acquainted with the Grace of Truth but the Truth of Grace Cause the Dew to fall with the Manna That the Dews of Hermon may fall upon the Hill of Sion That we may bring forth Fruits as the Vines of Engedi Cause thy Doctrine to drop as the Rain to distil as the Dew as the small Rain upon the tender Herb and as the Dew upon the Grass Drive the Birds from the Sacrifice When we draw nigh unto thee in Duty draw nigh unto us in Mercy Let not them that wait upon thee be ashamed Open the Doors of our Hearts that the King of Glory may enter Put a holy Fear into our Hearts that we may attend upon thee with Reverence That we may not receive it as the word of a sinful mortal Man but as indeed and in truth it is the Word of an Immortal God Cause the Word to be as a Bank to hinder the Inundation of our Sins Order our steps in thy Word that Iniquity may not have Dominion over us Make the Word to be as a Flaming Sword to keep us from the forbiden Fruit That it may be as a Curb to keep us from the stray of Offence That we may observe to do what the Lord commandeth us not turning to the right hand nor the left That it may be as a Rudder to steer us in our right Course Ingrave thy Counsels on the Frontispiece of our Hearts and cause them to be evermore in an applicative practice That we may grow by the sincere Milk of the Word That as the Bee gathers the Flowers and carrieth them home to the Hive and worketh them into Honey and liveth upon it in times of need so help us that we may gather the precious Truths out of thy holy Word and carry them home unto the Hive of our Hearts and work them into Grace and live upon it in a time of Trial. Lay hold on our Hearts by thy Omnipotent Grace Cause the Influences of thy Grace irresistibly to ingage us to do thy will That the manifestation of thy Grace may be as Showers to parched Grass that our drooping Souls that hang their Wings may revive and leap for joy That the Efflux of Life and power from God may beget in us true and lively Faith That Love may be enticed out of our selves to God Cause Heavenly Ordinances to leave Fruitful Influences That we may not onely enjoy the Gospel of Peace but the Peace of the Gospel We desire to sun our selves in the Light of thy Countenance Cause the Word like the Sun Beams not onely to enlighten us but heat and inliven us Let it be Honey in the Mouth Melody in the Ear and a Jubile in the Heart We see thy Foot-steps in the Creatures but we wait to see thy Face in the Ordinances Ordinances are the Pool of Bethesda that onely heal when the Spirit moveth the Waters The Gospel is the Pen but the Holy Ghost is the Guider of it Suffer not the Tree of Life to be too far from the Tree of Knowledg Cause Divine Truths to be manifested in the Purity of our Hearts and Lives That every Gale of Divinity may drive us nearer to the Haven of Felicity That we may not be all for Speculation but Sensation to taste how good the Lord is Open the Passage between our Heads and our Hearts Convey some warm sprinklings of thy Benediction into our inward parts Suffer not any of us to be like Gideon's dry Fleece Let not the Thirsty Souls that wait for thee as the Rain return like the Troops of Tema with their Heads covered For Vnregenerate Men. IN mercy remember the rebellious Children that take counsel but not of thee and cover but not with the covering of thy Spirit that they may add Sin unto Sin Whose Hearts are harden'd from thy Fear Sin at the first was the cause of Ignorance now Ignorance is the cause of Sin In the greatness of their Folly they go astray Who never peep'd out of the Bondage of Sensual Lust They rebel against the Light they know not the ways thereof neither will they come into these Paths Who walk after the vanity of their Minds having their Understanding darken'd being alienated from the Life of God thro the Ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their Hearts who being past feeling have given themselves over to work all Uncleanness with greediness Their god is their Belly their glory is their shame who mind Earthy things There is a Bridle in their Jaws which causeth them to err Lord pity them for they cannot pity themselves In provoking thee they provoke their own damnation Thou Being of Beings have mercy upon them Interrupt the Process of their Extravagances As they tread the paths of Death let them see the drawn Sword of thy Displeasure As they journey on in their Sins cause a Light to shine from Heaven Amaze them with the apprehensions of their woful and wretched Estate Suffer them not to breath quietly until they find the Fountain opened for Sin and for Uncleanness Set home unto their Consciences the weight and danger of their Sins That Conscience may be as a Scorpion in the Bosom Send the Fiery Serpents to sting and wound them that they may look after the Brazen Serpent A wake them out of their Mortal Lethargy Bring them out of the Womb of Natural Blindness that they may be born again altho they be Old Thou who at first caus'd Light to shine out of Darkness say Let there be Light and there shall be Light That the Day-spring from on high may visit them that sit in Darkness in the shadow of Death Cause the Day to dawn and the Day Star to arise in their Hearts Turn the Shadow of Death into the Morning Let the Spirit of Conviction come upon them and a wake them as a Man that is a waked out of his Sleep Our corrupt Nature is the most inexpugnable Fort in the World Cause the Dead to hear thy Voice and live Of those Stones raise up Children to Abraham Mollifie their hard Hearts that are not penetrable when the Arrows of Conviction are shot against them Cause Hell to enter into them that they may not enter
we rise in Thankful Praises It s great Condescension in thee to be content to be prais'd or beloved by such miserable Creatures of uncircumcised hearts and lips Eternity it self is little enough to praise thee Blessed be the Majesty of Heaven for our Creation and that we are Men and not Beasts Blessed be God for our Immortal Souls that are capable of Communion with thy own self for ever and ever Let our never-ceasing Praises wait upon thee for our Redemption the great Work which the Angels desire to look into Everlastingly praised be our God for the light of his Glory that shineth in the Face of Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of his Grace Our Praises wait upon thee for Free Grace that unlimited Treasury of the highest Love and Bounty Thy precious Love is from Eternity to Eternity That hath prevented the Lion from coming out of the Thicket and hath kept the Destroyer out of sight That hath stopp'd the Mouths of the Lyons of thy Judgments so as they have not torn in pieces when there was none to deliver us Our Praises wait upon our God for Free Grace that Blessed Root out of which springeth all the pleasant and precious Mysteries of the Gospel The most Beautiful Womb out of which Christ Jesus with all his Heavenly Treasures the unspeakable Priviledges Prerogatives Graces and Comforts that are to be had in him and by him do come forth The Blessed Cause that is sufficient to produce the Blessed Effects of the Salvation of our Souls thro Jesus Christ our Lord. The Blessed Fountain that continually sends forth Streams of Comfort to refresh the dejected disconsolate weary and heavy loaden ones The Bow thou hast set in the Clouds of Spiritual Sorrow to assure the Contrite Ones that thy Wrath shall not over-flow them Were it not for thy Grace what should we do when our Sins testifie against us but call for the Mountains to fall upon us and the Hills to cover us from the Presence of the Lord. Thy Grace hath kept many Thousands from following Judas into Despair When we know not what to do then we turn our Eyes towards thee and find there is yet hope for Israel It was Free Grace that our great Lord Christ lived and died to declare We adore the great Minister of Grace Jesus Christ our Lord the Ark that saveth us from perishing in the Floods of our Iniquities Who was given for us who was conceived and born for us who lived and died for us who rose again for us and who ever liveth and maketh Intercession for us Who trod the Wine-Press alone The Son of God became the Son of Man that the Sons of Men might become the Sons of God Who was made like unto all that all might be made like unto him Who sought us in sharp ways and bought us with a dear price Who came from Heaven to Earth that we may go from Earth to Heaven The Brightness of the Fathers Glory and the Express Image of Person paid the Price of our Redemption to discharge us Rebels who were in our Filthiness in our Blood Our Jesus leap'd into a Sea of Wrath to save us from perishing He waded thro a Sea of Sufferings to procure a Pardon for our Transgressions Who made himself Sin for us who knew no Sin that we might be made the Righteousness of God in him He suffer'd our Cross that we might wear his Crown He died our Death that we might live his Life Who endured our Hell that we might enjoy his Heaven He bore our Griefs and carry'd our Sorrows He was wounded for our Transgressions and bruised for our Iniquities The Chastisementâ— of our Peace was upon him and by his Stripes we may be healed We all like Sheep have gone astray but on him was laid the Iniquities of us all Adored be Christ Jesus who hath done what we ought to have done and suffered what we ought to have suffered This is the solid Basis of our Comfort The Lord of Life is the Way to escape Eternal Death Altho we have turn'd our Backs on Grace and with the Israelites loath'd the Manna and hath so little regarded what the Lord Christ hath done and suffer'd for us and that Blessed Treasure that he at so dear a rate bought for us and hath been daily offer'd unto us yet he pleadeth for us stoppeth Judgment and stayeth Divine Vengeance Altho the Earth was thought too good for him he thinketh not Heaven too good for us Our Praises wait upon the Majesty of Heaven for the continuance of the Gospel the Wisdom of God ordained before the World unto our Glory the Power of God unto Salvation unto every one that believe That mighty Efflux and Emanation of Life and Spirit freely issuing from an Omnipotent Source of Grace and Love That true God-like Vital Influence whereby Divinity derives it self into the Souls of Men inlivening and transforming them into its own likeness and strongly imprinting upon them a Copy of its own Beauty and Goodness Blessed be God that thy Precepts are yet our Heritage in the House of our Pilgrimage The Light without which the whole World would be but a dark Chaos Our Praises wait upon our God because we are within the sound of his Trumpets Because the Sun of the Gospel shineth upon the Lot of our Inheritance Our Praises wait upon thee because the Holy Spirit is still ready to bear witness to our Spirits the Truth of thy Holy Word which transcribeth thy Heart and Mind unto us Thy Judgments thou hast laid before us and the Way of Truth whereby we may be kept from the Paths of the Destroyer Our Praises wait upon thee our God for all the faithful Dispencers of thy Word and Sacraments It s great favour that thou hast not removed them into Corners and that their Tongues do not cleave to the roofs of their Mouths Jonah was sent from Samaria to Nineveh doubtless we have turn'd as deaf an Ear as ever did Samaria It s unspeakable Mercy that thou hast not commanded the Clouds that they rain no more rain upon us That thou hast not pronounced against us They that are filthy let them be filthy still and they that are unrighteous let them be unrighteous still Our Praises wait upon our God for all the great and precious Promises ratified by the Oath of God the Father sealed by the Blood of God the Son testified by God the Holy Ghost and deliver'd by the hand of Mercy Those Breathings of Divine Love The Breasts of the Gospel out of which we draw forth so much Consolation Those firm Foundations to build upon Great and precious Promises To the Chief of Sinners To them that have been prodigalizing all their days and spent all upon Lust To them that have all the day been standing idle in the Market-place even until the Eleventh hour Altho we have run so much upon the score that if thou shouldst arrest us all the Angels of Heaven could not
Earth Vice braves it with a bolden'd Face Sin is in its Power Corruption is upon its Throne Take away the Covering that covereth the face of all People For the CHVRCH WE have had a long Summer but small Harvest Increase the precious Sons of Sion Call thy Sons from far and thy Daughters from the ends of the Earth that they may be called by thy Name Let all the Nations of the Heathen become the Kingdom of the Lord Christ Take in the Heathen for thine Inheritance and the Utmost Parts of the Earth forthy Possession Let all the People praise thee O God yea let all the People praise thee Cause all the Kindred of the Nations to worship before thee and lead them in the Paths of Righteousness for thy Names sake Cast thy Net into the Seas and gather of all Kinds That the Sun of the Gospel may rise to such an Altitude that it may inlighten every Dark Corner of the Earth That the World that is geneâ—ally ruled by the Malicious Prince of Darkness may now receive and obey thy Holy Laws in the Beauty and Harmony of Holiness Search thy Sheep and seek them out as a Shepard seeketh out his Flock in the Day that he is among his Sheep and deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark Day Feed them upon Lebanon by the Rivers that they may lie them down in peace Seek that which is Lost Bring again that which is Driven away Bind up that which is Broken and strengthen that which is Sick Cause thy saving health to be known among all Nations Pull down the Strong Holds of Satan build up the Walls of Jerusalem and gather together the Out-casts of Israel Lamentable are the breaches and ruins of thy Church scarce one stone left upon another Thou art the Owner thereof and able enough therefore repair it Thy Vineyard looks very wild and instead of Grapes it bringeth forth Wild Grapes Oh prune it and fence it cleanse away the Impurity Sinfulness and Defilements of it Suffer no Root of Schism Slip of Error or Fruit of Disobedience to grow in thy Garden Cause the North Wind to arise and the South Wind to blow that the Spices may flow out Adorn the Profession of Religion with an Accession of a Blessing That the Sun of Righteousness may inliven the Church to a higher pregnancy That the Innate Power of the Gospel may prove so Victorious that Paganism Mahumatism Judaism Atheism and Papism may melt under the powerful Influences of it Oh feed thy Flock and fold them Thou who commandest the Clouds from above and openest the Windows of Heaven remember and refresh thine Inheritance with Showers of Divine Favour least it prove like a Heath in the Desart Open the Coelestial Casements and showre down Gospel Blessings If our Root be not Rottenness Heavenly Waterings and Influences will make it sprout forth into Fruits of Obedience Send down the spirit of Obedience and Fidelity that the adored Commands of our aimiable Redeemer may be obeyed Reform those parts of thy Church that are dark'ned and defiled Cast down that Tyranny Heresie and Schism which keepeth out Truth Holiness and Peace that Truth may triumph over Errour That the Streams of Truth in the Banks of Unity may make glad the City of God That Right may be restored Worth prized Vertue honoured Vice degraded and Honesty and Godliness encouraged Set Bounds to our Passions by Reason to our Errors by Truth to our Seditions by Laws to our Schisms by Charity that the Church may be as a City at Unity in it self Cause the Fire of Divine Love to burn up and consume all Roughness Hatred and Cruelty that a Willing and Peaceful Obedience may be-calm the World That Ephraim may not envy Judah nor Judah vex Ephraim Shew thy Compassions unto them who are upon the Mountains of Gilboa where there are no Dews and in Egypt where there are no Showres thou art sufficient for them Shew Pity and Favour unto them who are tossed to and fro upon the Main of Ignorance with every Wind of Doctrine Bring them under a powerful Spiritual Teaching from the Heart to the Heart from the Conscience to the Conscience from Experience to Experience Especially favour this Part of thy Church in this Kingdom that it may be a Paradise of Pleasure the Garden of God that the Valleys may be like Eden the Hills like Lebanon the Springs like Pisgah and the Rivers like Jordan and the Defence thereof the Lord Jehovah Cause thy Spirit as a mighty East Wind to disperse the Locusts That our Nation may be as a Field which the Lord hath blessed For the KING IN a most Eminent Manner give Demonstrations of thy Favour unto our Most Dread Soveraign Lord CHARLES by thy Grace of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and in all Causes and over all Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Civil in these His Majesties Realms and Dominions Supream Head and Governour Let him be precious in thy Sight Watch over him for Good Cause all Designs that are against him to prove abortive Make his Enemies to be as Dagon was before the Ark fallen down and broken in pieces having neither Heads to plot nor Hands to fight against Him As thou hast placed him on high above us make thy Blessings suitable to his Exaltation and Dignity Let not the Sun of his Prosperity decline but when his Course is finished here below he may ascend into the Unchangeable Glory and be cloathed upon and be a Star of the First Magnitude ever shining in the Heaven of Heavens For the Ministers of the GOSPEL PLace in every one of us an Over-flowing Fountain that we may not onely be constant but abundant in the Work of the Lord. That we may be a Means to mollifie their hard Hearts and bespeak their Love to God Let us be more and more under the Influences and rich Pourings of thy Spirit Make ut Masters of great Judgment and Experience in Soul Affairs That we may weild the Weapons of our Warfare which are not Carnal to the beating down of every high and towring Imagination that shall exalt themselves against the Kingdom of our Lord Christ That with sweet Insinuations and a holy Importunity we may compel them to come in that thy House may be filled and thy Feast furnished with Guests Inspire us with Zeal and Industry That we may partake of the Fountain of Wisdom and drink of the River of Knowledg that in us may be the Vein of Understanding Impregnate us with Divine Notions in such abundance that we may have teeming Wombs to inrich the World Adorn and Beautifie us with such a Brightness of Wisdom and Understanding that we may sparkle with ravishing heat of Love and Piety That the Divine Image may fairly be reflected on us that it may shine brightly in the Faces of Others Fill us with Prudence and Advice Mould many and Wise Resolutions
into Hell That thy terrors may affright them from those evils which delight them Cause Sin to reign unto Death that Grace may reign unto Eternal Life thro Jesus Christ our Lord. Snatch them as Brands out of the Fire lest they be swallowed up in their own ruins Bring them out of their Spiritual Bondage with a mighty Hand and a stretched-out Arm. The pleasures of Sin the power of Satan and the source of Evil. Custom this three-fold Cord is not easily broken Translate them out of the Kingdom of Satan into the glorious Liberty of the Children of God Bring them from Darkness to Light and from the power of Satan unto God Glorifie thy self by their salvation and not by their damnation Turn their Vices into Vertues Altho now they be afar off make them nigh by the Blood of Christ Bring the Blind by a way they know not Make Darkness Light unto them and Crooked Paths straight O that Christ may be formed in them That the Blind may see the Deaf may hear the Dumb may speak the Lame walk and the Lepers may be cleansed We are all the Work of thy Hands make us all the Sheep of thy Pasture We are all of one common Mold make all of one common Salvation Purge them with Hysop and they shall be clean Say unto the dry bones live Cause the Leopards to change their Spots and the Ethiopians their Hue. For the Broken hearted O God shew thy Grace to them whose souls desire thee in the Night that sigh by reason of their bondage Who thou hast broke in the place of Dragons and covered with the shadow of Death The Spirit of a Man is able to bear his infirmity but a Wounded Spirit who can bear The troubles of the Spirit are the Spirit of troubles Even as the Wind when it gets into the Caverns of the Earth causeth it to quake so Guilt contracted and felt maketh the poor soul to tremble No Lyon roars like that in a Mans bosom If a spark of thy Wrath be so terrible when it flieth into our Consciences what will thy comeing be when thou comest with Flaming Fire to render Vengance to thy Adversaries Their own Guilt hath brought two Hells in their Hearts Horror and Shame Oh sin is of a Toady Complexion After the strong Wind the Earthquake and the Fire cause the Still Voice to come Hear the Cries out of the Deeps Be thou their Pilot in the dark and dangerous Storm Thou healest the Broken in Heart and bindest up their Wounds Let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and relieve them according to the greatness of thy Power Bring the Prisoners from the Prison and them that sit in Darkness from the Prison House Say to the Prisoners Go forth to them in Darkness Shew your selves Cause them to â—eed in the ways and their pastures to be in high places Pleasures of Sin merried their Senses for a while but horror followed after and vultures their unconsuming Hearts and those that carried the most pleasing tastes fit them with the largest reluctations Oh sympathize with the weary and heavy laden ones how they long for the Scape-goat to carry their Sins into oblivion They watch for him more than they that watch for the Morning That look thro the Windows and cry thro the Latesses Why is his Chariot so long in coming Why stay the wheels of his Charriot They who are sick with the sense of their misery comfort them with the sweetness of thy mercy They who see their miseries out of Christ cause them to see the light of the glory of God that shineth in the Face of Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of his Grace Loose off their Sack-cloth and gird them with gladness that their glory may sing praise Break their Bonds and they shall sacrifice the sacrifice of praise Bind up the broken hearted proclaim liberty to captives open the prison to them that are bound comfort all that mourn give them beauty for ashes the oyl of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heavinness that they may be call'd Trees of Righteousness That they may be of the ransomed of the Lord that return and come to Sion with Songs and everlasting joy upon their Heads Cause true joy and gladness to possess their souls that sorrow and sighing may fly away Even as the eye of the Servant waiteth upon the hand of his Master or the Maiden upon the hand of her Mistriss so they wait upon thee until thou hast mercy on them Cause them that lift up their souls unto thee to know the way wherein they should walk Lead them to the door of hope opened in the valley of Achor Be a Leader and Commander unto them instruct them and teach them what they should do and guid them with thine eye Guid these prisoners of hope unto the strong holds Remember them with the favour thou bearest unto thy people and visit them with thy salvation They who are stung with the Fiery Serpents give them a sight of the Brazen Serpent The sting of Death is Sin the strength of Sin is the Law give them the Victory thro our Lord Jesus Christ That the great Physician of Souls may heal their Spiritual Distempers Where spiritual sorrow sinketh the heart cause the pully of Faith to raise it They who look towards thee with contrition consolate them with remission They who turn unto thee with humilation and repentance turn unto them with commiseration and forgiveness According to thy promise be with them that are of contrite and humble spirits to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones Be nigh unto them that call upon thee that call upon thee in truth Suffer not all their sighs to wander in fleeting Air. Cause them that sow in tears to reap in joy Turn their mourning into dancing loose off their sack-cloth and gird them with gladness Cause thy Face to shine upon them and they shall be saved They who are afflicted and tossed with tempest and are not comforted lay their stones with fair Colours and lay their Foundations with Saphirs Make their Windows of Agats and their Gates of Carbuncles and all their Borders of pleasant Stones The Vapors of Sin are risen and ingendred into a Cloud which interposeth between them and the Sun of Mercy Grant for the present that some glances from the edges of the interposed body may refresh them Where the stormy Clouds are risen when the distressed ones expect to be over-whelmed with the Deluge of thy Wrath then set thy Bow in the Clouds A discovery of Free Grace will be precious Make them to hear joy and gladness that the bones that thou hast broken may rejoyce Bring them on Eagles Wings from Sinai to Sion Cause them that mourn to be exalted to safety Open the Conduits of Soul-supportation and Soul-consolation Hope deferred maketh the heart sick but when the desire cometh it is a
Musick of the World charm us asleep Keep Satan from cuting the Sinews of our Endeavours Suffer not the Darts of Temptation to pierce thro the Armour of our Resolution Suffer not our good Resolutions to be vanquished by the Impetuousness of our base sensual Affections Go thou along with us thro the Crowd of Opposition Keep us from being worried with the power of Sin Altho we cannot be kept altogether from falling keep us from falling altogether Keep us from being carried into any ways that shall dishonour the Gospel Hold us by the Right Hand thou art the Lord our God therefore encourage us and help us Direct us in this Maze of Life and in the Buffle of the World Let the Spirit of Truth guid us in all Truth Give us a Safe Conduct thro all Casualty hide our lives with Christ in God Keep us by thy Power thro Faith unto Salvation In large our Hearts that we may run in the Way of thy Commandments Suffer us not to truck our Faith for our Liberty Confirm us unto the end that we may be blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus In regard our Impatient and Immoderate Desires after Carnal Pleasures always return laden with an Intolerable Burthen of Grief and Sorrow and that Sin loseth what Repentance gains therefore Caution us Put thy Fear in our Hearts that we may not depart from thy Statutes Sins Gilded Pills are the Fore-runners of Bitter Potions therefore work in us a dislike of them Keep us from catching at the Bait of Pleasure lest we hang upon the Hook of perpetual Perdition Order our Steps and uphold us with thy Free Spirit Cause Faith and Fear to go hand in hand that Faith may keep us chearful and that Fear may keep us serious that Faith may keep us from sinking in Despair and that Fear may keep us from floating in Presumption Why should we despair God can help us Why should we presume God can cross us That a holy Alacrity may be temper'd with a gracious Humility Keep our Feet from falling that we may walk before thee in the Light of the Living Let us hear the Still Voice behind us when we turn to the Right hand or the Left The Lord is our Shepherd The Shepherd when he sees his Sheep straying out of their Bounds he calls out unto them Our Shepherd is the Living Lord who is acquainted with all our Ways and pondereth all our Goings When thou O Lord feest us Wandering out of our Gospel Rules lift up thy Voice either the voice of thy Word or the voice of thy Messengers or the Voice of our Consciences or the Voice of thy Spirit That we may return to the green pastures and to the still waters Give Light unto our Understandings Order in our Affections Pliableness in our Will that we may be exemplary in our Lives Deliver us not onely from the Sins of the Times but from the Times of Sin That we may be found always moving in the Orb of Obedience Make us so Honourable as to be born of thee so Wise as to know thee so Beautiful that we may bear thy Image so Rich as to be rich in Faith so Victorious as to overcome the World so happy as to enjoy thy self so blessed with peace as to have the peace of God which passeth all understanding then we shall be sure of true joy the joy of the Holy Ghost Work our Names in the Frame of thine own Glory Make us blessed in this Life happy in Death and glorious after Death Make out unto us that thy Mercy is ours to pardon us that thy Blood is ours to cleanse us thy Merits ours to justifie us thy Righteousness ours to cloath us thy Spirit ours to lead us thy Grace ours to inrich us and thy Glory ours to crown us Make us Masters of so much Consideration that we are swimming down the Stream of Time and it will not belong before we lanch into the Ocean of Eternity Teach us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto Wisdom That we may live in thy fear and die in thy favour rest in thy peace arise by thy power and remain in thy glory for ever and ever This and whatsoever else we should ask for our selves or any other let it be granted unto us and to them upon the alone account of our great Lord and ever blessed Redeemer who was given for us who was made a Curse for us who inexpressibly suffer'd for us who satisfied Divine Justice for us who was made reconciliation for us who died and rose again for us Who prepared glory for us and ever maketh Intercession for us For him we give all praises in him we ever desire to be found rendering unto the most glorious Majesty of Heaven as we for ever will acknowledge most due all Honour Glory Power Might Reverence Fear and Obedience World without end Amen The Blessing with which the Author used to dismiss his Congregation THe Almighty Power of God the Father vanquish and overcome whatsoever may hinder you from him and give you strength to do his acceptable Will in all things The most Bright Wisdom of God the Son inlighten you and lead you to all things which may bring you forward to him The Vnspeakable and Super-abounding Love of God the Holy Ghost pierce thro all the Oppositions in you kindle and unite your love to him with a most ardent and pleasing turning all your Powers and Strength that you may follow his sweet Calling and most amorous drawing Whereunto the more than Most Glorious Trinity hath called you Namely From the Love of this Deceitful World to the Injoyment of God and his Riches and Unspeakable Blessedness so that by Grace you may be that which you are not nor can be by Nature To whom be all Honour Praise Obedience and Reverence Amen FINIS